On Wednesday 22 February 2017, Sylvia’s guest was Dr Patricia Azarias, founder and trustee of the The Lysicrates Foundation, with a story that spans nearly 2,500 years, from the Great Dionysia in ancient Greece to a newly restored Lysicrates monument in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney today and the creation of a new drama […]
If I Make It Till Monday by Sally Zwartz
What’s it like to be 100 years old? That’s something that more and more of us are going to find out firsthand. In the past 20 years, the number of centenarians in Australia increased by a dramatic 263%, and that trajectory is only getting steeper. If I Make It Till Monday provides a glimpse into the experience for those of us […]
Musica Viva Festival
At the heart of the Musica Viva Festival is our collaboration with the Australian Youth Orchestra and its incredible Chamber Players Program that provides Australia’s brightest young musicians with personal contact and instruction from some of the great musical artsts of the world. Heading that list of artists in 2017 is legendary violinist Pinchas Zukerman and the Zukerman […]
Arts Thursday 2 March 2017
Presenter – Bronwyn Rennex Today I’ll be talking about Art Month Sydney, which runs from the 1-20 March. Art Month Sydney is a city wide festival that celebrates contemporary art and artists through a rich and diverse program of exhibitions, workshops, panel discussions, artists studio visits, tours, precinct nights and more. I’ll be interviewing Artistic Director Barry […]
Laura Mvula Soul
As one of the most exciting musical talents to come out of the UK, Laura Mvula has been nominated for the Mercury Prize, BBC Sound poll, the BRITs Critics Choice Award, two BRIT Awards in 2014 (British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act); winning an incredible two MOBO’s in 2013 (Best Female and Best R&B/Soul). The […]
Cracking the code: how to notate music
Its happened to us all… You hear a great tune or like Winnie-the- Pooh, make up a little hum, it gets stuck and whirls around and you want to play it, but can’t figure out the notes or the chords. Your ear just can’t pick out the right ones and you put down your guitar in despair. […]
Arts Wednesday 1 March 2017
At the risk of sounding boring, this week’s show is a replica of last week’s except that this week it really will take place. You just have to forgive the drastic technical glitch, which saw the program aborted. Sooooo, here we go again: Ed Lippmann continues with Part 3 of our discussion on the vision […]
The Intern From A Different East Side
Hey y’all! My name is Olana and I am the newest intern at Eastside FM. I am studying broadcast journalism at the University of Tennessee, but I moved to Sydney two months ago for uni, and have two more months of living in this amazing city until I return back to the United States. Although I […]
Album of the Week – ‘Middle of the Road’ by Eric Gales
The album serves as the most reflective and express releases Gales has released to date. The guitar legend who spent his formative years growing up throughout the trials and tribulations of an unforgiving industry, has finally found the words and music to open up to his devoted global fanbase about his unique experience. Having been […]
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The New Thing: Interview with Caiti Baker
You may know her as one half of the fantastic electro-soul duo Sietta, but Darwin-based vocalist Caiti Baker is carving out a career all for herself. After courting attention with her singles ‘Heavy On My Heart’ and ‘Make Your Own Mistakes’, on top of touring with pivotal hip hop duo A.B. Original, Caiti has recently been added […]
Community Billboard February 25 – March 3
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
Energy – What Energy?
We are living in the physical world (not the hair-conditioned Tower of Babble), as Canadian band Austra warbles angelically in Gaia, from their terrific album, Future Politics, which kicked off the show this week. Relevant, because whether it’s coming from burning lumps of coal, spinning wheels or solar panels, the question of how we harness, […]